Cortef and sleepiness..

[toots_jwu]

Ok so I finally started 5mg cortef five days ago and I realized that when I take it, I feel good for a couple of hours and it knocks me out.  If I try my best to stay awake, I do find that I can cope with stress a bit more and im not having my sweat attacks until it wears off.  Any suggestions?


6:00-8:00am    10   depressed   range:13-24 nM
11:00-noon        15 elevated        range: 5-10 nM
4:00-5:00pm      13 elevated        range 3-8 nM
10:00-midnight    8  elevated       range  1-4 nM

Cortisol Burden  46      range   23-42

[rumpled]

If you have elevated cortisol - you should not be adding more? Fatigue is an issue with too much and too little cortisol.

Your testing show a loss of diurnal rhythm - Cushing's syndrome. The adrenals will keep pumping out cortisol for years and years and years.

[toots_jwu]

I just realized that when I took the cortisol test I was going through withdrawal from Antidepressants and was always in a panic state (I reinstated on Celexa and tapering really slow with liquid now. No withdrawal so far) .  Before I tried to get off Celexa I had major fatigue and all the signs of adrenal fatigue for years.   I am due for another cortisol test in a couple of months and I'm pretty sure my adrenals have taxed out after that experience so I'm guessing my cortisol levels wouldn't be elevated anymore.